Albarracín
Spain, 1955
From Jean Dieuzaide: Yan
London, 1940s, in hi-res colour. These photographs were taken using Kodachrome film by the improbably and wonderfully named Chalmers Butterfield, probably in 1949.
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Art Nouveau Doorway, Weimar, Germany
by Frank DervilleOh my gosh!
thank you, photographer jürgen hauber, for being as obsessed with doors as i am.
Camden Park, opened 1903
U.S. 60 West, 5000 Waverly Rd, Huntington, WV
“Coin” Harvey House, built 1874
1305 3rd Avenue, Huntington, WV
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LIMOGES GOSPEL BOOK COVER
Binding: Limoges, France, 13th c., upper cover of a Gospel book, originally on wooden boards, 34x24 cm, with Christ in majesty holding a gospel book within a mandorla, surrounded by the 4 gospel symbols, 3 of them inscribed in red capitals: Iohannes, Marcus and Lucas, between them 4 oval rock crystals, the cornerpieces with tri-partite leaves in champlevé enamel, each with an oval rock crystal, all in colours dark and light blue, green, red and white. The original wooden cover was in the 19th c. substituted with the present copper gilt plate with scrollwork in silver gilt added in the mandorla and outer panels.(http://www.schoyencollection.com/bindings_files/ms4613.jpg)









